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A longitudinal exploration of the continuity of children's social participation and social withdrawal across socioeconomic status levels and social settings
Author(s) -
Schneider Barry H.,
Richard Jacques F.,
Younger Alastair J.,
Freeman Paul
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0992(200007/08)30:4<497::aid-ejsp4>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - social withdrawal , psychology , socioeconomic status , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , social engagement , sample (material) , longitudinal sample , social psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , population , social science , pathology , chemistry , chromatography
The major purpose of this study was to determine the stability across time and social setting of children's social participation and social withdrawal. We followed a sample of Canadian children, aged five years at the beginning of the study, for two years. Children from lower‐SES homes were less involved than those from the higher‐SES in group play after school and during outdoor recess. Across the full sample, social withdrawal was not very stable. There was, however, considerable stability across setting and time among extreme groups of withdrawn participants. Social withdrawal was largely unrelated to parents' initiation of peer contacts for their children. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.